Article: Forgetting Pearl Harbor. (Japanese view of their country's involvement in 1930s aggression and World War II)

Imagine the reaction today, both inside and outside Germany, if some long-lost relative of Adolf Hitler's suddenly surfaced as a recording artist with a new single about fallen Nazi soldiers. Yet a comparable event in Japan last summer aroused little more than passing curiosity: Hidekatsu Tojo, the 53-year-old grandson of Hideki Tojo, Japan's prime minister during most of World War 11, made his debut with a song dedicated to the glory of Japanese soldiers killed during the war. The song wasn't exactly a hit but offers a revealing glimpse into how this nation recalls its militarist past nearly 50 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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